Professional Actress, Professional Makeup

I have something fun, beautiful and easy for you today. I may almost be in my 30’s but, I have a guilty pleasure of a teeny-bopper. That guilty pleasure is watching ABC’s “Pretty Little Liars”. My sister had spent a few nights at my place, and one Tuesday night, she asked if we could watch it. Since that night, I’ve been hooked. Netflixed all the past seasons to know exactly what was going on and I have the DVR set to record every Tuesday night.

I’m sure you’re wondering why a makeup artist is talking about a TV show and asking yourself “what the heck does this have to do with professional makeup?” I’ll explain. The show has 4 girls as main characters. Each have a very unique sense of style and are dolled up differently by their makeup artist.

Lucy Hale who plays the character of Aria Montgomery is my favorite character. She’s beautiful and edgy. She wears a very Bohemian-Chic look. Now on to her makeup look, which of course is where my two cents come in. At times, she appears very very natural almost looks like nothing is there, except a little shimmer that’s basically nude. Other times she has a variation of a smoky look and heavy liquid eyeliner, but I think most often her makeup artist has her wears neutral shimmer tones, with a smoky crease on the edge and under the bottom lash completed with a brow highlight and dramatically defined eyebrows. Her brows, naturally are great by the way, but her makeup artist, definitely enhances them.

I took a look at my collection of eye shadows (and god knows, and any makeup artist would be the same, because I have just about every color, shade, texture) to find what colors I believed would be able to mimic the look in which Aria Montgomery A.K.A. Lucy Hale’s makeup artist, might use for her character on the show “Pretty Little Liars”. This of course is my interpretation and not factually colors or brand used, but nevertheless the makeup look can be similarly achieved. The colors I have chosen are not overwhelming nor are they going to create her most dramatic makeup look, but again, can be applied to create a similar rendition of one of her looks. This look is very versatile in my opinion. It can be used for everyday makeup look or for your bridal look, it can be applied lightly or heavily.

I’m focusing on the eyes only in this blog. Start by prepping your eyelid with a primer, concealer or a nude paint pot. Use MAC’s “Mulch” on your eye lid and blend softly using a professional makeupblending brush. Apply it a little sparingly toward the tear duct and inner quarter of your eyelid. With MAC’s “Brun” it can be applied to the outer crease then blended slightly inward, but you are only contouring your outer corners, so be sure not to apply too deeply in the center of your eyelid. Pulling your eyelid taut will help ensure you don’t blend inward too far. If you want to live on the edge and deepen this look, you can go a bit darker either by mixing MAC’s “Espresso” with the “Brun”. Now mostly this look has a darker color only on the outer corners of her eye. You could blend MAC’s “Carbon” but only on the very outer corners of the eyes and blend. You do not want this application to be sharp. It needs to be well blended to appear subtle. To help maintain the location of the “Carbon”, you can use a pencil brush, just don’t put so much shadow on the brush so that it is not too hard to blend the sharp edges this brush will create. Now of course “Carbon” is dark, and the truth is, it’s probably a similar color to which is actually worn. You must remember that on TV and in Magazines the makeup lookmay appear natural, but those images are enhanced. You’d be surprised at how much makeup the makeup artist applies. Finishing touches would be a golden/white shimmer hue such as “Dazzlelight” and apply it to the tear ducts of your eye and a matte cream color, such as MAC’s “vanilla” to the brow bone. Her makeup artist usually uses a green eyeliner on her eyes to enhance her hazel eyes, but I’m going to use black liner. The liner on TV looks almost liquid on top, but truthfully I’m not sure. I’m not a fan of liquid eye liner, so in my interpretation I used MAC’s “Feline” eye kohl pencil that applies generously and smoothly. It is applied thicker on the outer edges, but naturally on the inner eyelid. “Feline” is a very soft eyeliner and blends and smudges for smoky looks with ease. Under her eye, her makeup artist, blends a brown under her bottom lash line and buffs it out for a smoky look. This could be done with a brown or if you prefer black eyeliner as well. Buff out the eyeliner under the bottom lash line so that it appears smoky, and it is only on the outer corner. Define your natural eyebrows with a color that is suitable for your hair color. Since she is a brunette, her brows stand out against her pale skin. She wears a pink color lower on her cheeks for color and Aria usually wears false eyelashes for the show, but you can simply apply black mascara and you are good to go.

I hope you found this fun. I’m sure it will attract the attention of the young adults out there, or maybe even the adults like me that have the same guilty pleasure. If you have any questions regarding the above verbal tutorial or the products used, feel free to send me an e-mail at Ashley@topweddingmakeuplooks.com

If you have any suggestions for anything you want to see here on the blog, or any tutorial of another celebrity makeup look that you like drop me an e-mail and I’ll get it up and running for you.